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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

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Nearest city
  
Middletown, Virginia

Built
  
1797

Area
  
15.02 km²

Established
  
December 19, 2002

Address
  
Middletown, VA 22645, USA

Phone
  
+1 540-869-3051

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

Location
  
Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia, USA

Governing body
  
National Park Service in partnership with the NTHP

Website
  
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

Similar
  
Belle Grove Plantation, Winchester National Cemetery, Tabb Monument, Nansemond National Wildlife R, Staunton National Cemetery

Profiles

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove Plantation.

Although there are over 3,700 acres within the park’s authorized boundary, over half of this is still privately owned. Much of the battlefield is not accessible to the public, but the park offers ranger-led and self-guided driving tours of the battlefield via public roads. Nearly all of the remaining land (approximately 1,500 acres) and buildings are preserved and administered by partner sites which predate the park. Since summer 2010, the park has offered interpretive ranger programs at key partner sites, including Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation headquarters, Belle Grove Plantation, and Hupp’s Hill Civil War Park.

In 2012, the park acquired land on which sits a monument to the 8th Vermont Infantry and now offers access through semi-regular programs at the site. In March 2013, the park opened a Visitor Contact Station in Middletown, Virginia, featuring interpretive exhibits and information on how visitors can experience the park.

The Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove is also a U.S. National Historic Landmark. and the 900-acre (360 ha) "Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove" is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The plantation house of Belle Grove (1797) is open to the public and operates independently as part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

References

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Wikipedia